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Ahrefs are releasing an algorithm update for their Domain Rating metric: https://ahrefs.com/blog/domain-rating-dr4/
They're attempting to make DR better correlate with a strong backlink profile and even Google rankings. A useful metric would certainly be a good starting point for so many tasks, but we'll have to wait and see how that turns out. The biggest change for me looks to be the calculation of DR for subdomains - so many 'DR-increasing' services just involved subdomain links from high DR domains, as with v3 of DR all subdomains automatically received root's score. That is why new domains on slds such as .uk.com started off so high. You can currently check your DR v4 scores via Ahrefs API.
It's certainly going to cause some churn in people's PBN and backlink inventories!
They're attempting to make DR better correlate with a strong backlink profile and even Google rankings. A useful metric would certainly be a good starting point for so many tasks, but we'll have to wait and see how that turns out. The biggest change for me looks to be the calculation of DR for subdomains - so many 'DR-increasing' services just involved subdomain links from high DR domains, as with v3 of DR all subdomains automatically received root's score. That is why new domains on slds such as .uk.com started off so high. You can currently check your DR v4 scores via Ahrefs API.
It's certainly going to cause some churn in people's PBN and backlink inventories!
